1. Title of PhD Student name: Supervision team:
Thanks to sponsors, research partners, etc:

2. Outline In 10 minutes it is planned to deal with:
Background and Problem statement
Hypothesis, goals and objectives
Methods
Key findings
Discussion
Contribution of research to the sum of knowledge

3. Background and Problem statement
Should be able to get onto one slide as a maximum
The literature says …
The main problem being researched was that …

4. Hypothesis, goals and objectives
One slide:
It was hypothesised that …
There were three main objectives:
1 …
2 …
3 …

5. Methods
1 slide outlining:
methodology
Specific methods and why chosen

6. Key findings 2-3 slides, e.g.,
1-2 key graphs or tables that then relate to discussion and contribution to sum of knowledge
Some key text outlining the major findings in bullet point form

7. Discussion One slide: The research findings indicate that:
The literature on … should be updated to show that …
A new theory on …
etc

8. Contribution of research to the sum of knowledge
One slide:
3-4 key contributions, e.g.,
This is the first research to show that …
I have developed a new technique for …
My plans for publishing this research involve …